Have you ever been on boat just cruising around like at some party or some other affair and some of the gears just start to make a high-pitched squealing noise? It's this ringing din that is quickly proceeded by smoke, a burning smell, and certain immobility. You know that noise. Well, that is the noise I expect to hear Kernya Moo-ah make whenever her ex-boyfriend Walter is in the same room. And it would probably have the same effect: squeal, smoke, smell, immobility, expolosion.
That was essentially all we had to deal with on last night's episode of Real Whale Watcher of Glouchester Bay, just a bunch of stuff about Kernya. Oh, there was some nonsense about Kandi moving her office (an early plug for The Kandi Factory, coming soon to Bravo?) but you know that I will not cover any sort of moving type activities in these here handy dandy recaps. Speaking of which, I feel like NeNe Leakes' whole thing about going to New York to be on fancy TV shows is kind of like moving. Can we just cut her out from the rest of the season? Nothing she does seems to have any impact on the rest of the cast (other than when she invited them to LA and then kicked them out of her house) so why are we even bothering with the pretense that she's on this show anymore? Maybe NeNe can be like a Real Housewife at large and just pop in and hang out with whatever cast she is around that week. Here is NeNe having lunch at SUR with Lisa Vanderpump and Brandi Glanville and that bitch Stassi is spilling her soup on her. Oh look, now it's NeNe swigging down white wine with Ramona Singer and Sonja Tremont Morgan of the Bilouxi Morgans. Oh look, NeNe and Teresa Gee You Dee Chay are getting in a fight because Teresa is trying to steal some of NeNe's forehead for herself. See how fun this would be? Get on it, Andy Cohen.
Before we can get to Tyler Perry Presents a Kernya Moo-ah Production of Kernya Moo-ah and Her Awful Ex-Boyfriend: All Is Not Lost – Starring Tyler Perry and Gabourey Sidibe as Kernya Moo-ahwe have to talk about Porsha Stewart. Oh, you dim bulb still aglow in the wilderness. Oh you fizzling little nymph, Porsha. This week we were back to arguing about whether not not Porsha's husband Carvell, a Cookie Puss that has come to life, controls her. He tells us, "I am in control, but I am not controlling. I am the man and I am in control but that does not mean I am controlling." OK, sure Carvell. That makes a ton of sense. He says that he is the man of the house and he controls what happens, but that does not mean he controls Portia. I think that is some sort of semantic difference that he has made up in his head and it is not actual real life. I do think he is absolutely in control of this relationship considering he has all the money, smarts, and ingenuity. Porsha has, well, she has a collection of velour sweatpants that say "PINK" across the ass, she has that.
What Porsha really wants though is a baby. She wants to have a baby so that she can lock up that Carvell Stewart money for the rest of her life. That is what she wants more than anything. No, that is cynical. I think she really loves Carvell and wants to have his babies, but I think mostly it's because she's bored and doesn't know what else to do with her life so she is doing what everyone told her she would always do: get married to a rich guy and then have babies. She doesn't have many other aspiraitons. Carvell, however, who is not controlling at all, tells her that she can't have a baby and her "career" because he wants a wife who is going to cook and clean for him and raise his baby and, even though he has tons of money, he is not going to hire a nanny. No, he wants things to be convenient for Carvell and he wants things when he wants them and he wants them they way he wants them. Though that isn't controlling, per se, he is in control. It's not asshole-ish necessarily, but he is being an asshole.
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When he tells Porsha she can't have a baby and a "career," she starts to cry. What is wrong with both of them? First of all, Porsha does not like to work. She doesn't like to do anything but shop, look at shiny things, and occasionally eat pickles (but only if she's spent an extra 20 minutes on the elliptical). She doesn't do any work. So why is she getting all upset, and why is Carvell telling her she can't do it? Just let her have a baby and throw a fundraiser or two for her family's charity every now and again. It will make her happy and feel like she has purpose and, yes, you may have to microwave yourself a Swanson Mac 'N' Cheez Bowl every once in awhile, but that should hardly be a price to pay to keep your wife off your back (and on hers, ZING!).
OK, Kernya Moo-ah. Cynthia warned her last week that Peter was throwing some Making Men Healthy, Why the Y Chromosome? party for men's health and that he invited Walter because he and Walter hit it off on the group trip to Anguilla. I think all of this is fair. You can't fault Peter for making friends, and you can't expect Cynthia to intervene in the guest list for her petty grievances. She also gave Kernya plenty of advance notice so that she could act accordingly.
Kernya shows up at the party with Jamal Anderson on her arm. Sure, he might have been arrested for suspicion of cocaine possession and driving under the influence, but he is fine and probably a little rich form his days in the NFL so good for Kernya. She is wearing a long white gown and her hair is done beautifully and she is just killing it. Sure she is a scarecrow set on fire on the inside, but on the outside she is pulled together nice and tight. She says that she is on a date with Jamal, but that it is not a romantic date. So, what kind of date is it? Is it a, "I know you have a girlfriend, but I need a hot rich guy to pretend to be my date to make my ex-boyfriend jealous" kind of date? That's what it seems like to me.
Kernya gets all bent out of shape that Walter is there, and she is convinced that Peter is going to sit her next to Walter becuase she says that is who Peter is. No, it is not. If there is anything we have learned about Peter it is that he tries to avoid drama, so Kernya thinking that was going to happen just proves how narcissistic and paranoid she really is. Also, that is something Kernya would have done, so she just assumes that everyone else would do it to her. She is not sitting next to Walter, she is sitting next to the rest of the crew. See, Kernya. Shut up.
She informs them that she is having a costume party where everyone, including the men, have to show up as iconic black women in film and she, of course, is going to tell the women how they should dress. "OK, Cynthia, I like you and you always wear a huge weave, so you get to be Diana Ross. Phaedra, we're still in a fight, so you have to come dressed as Big Momma from Big Momma's House 2: The Revenge of the Spanx. Kandi, we're on good terms so you can be Tina Turner. NeNe, well, I'm still pissed she wouldn't let us in the house, so she can be Medea. Oh, and Porsha, you can be Halle Berry in B*A*P*S."
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Yes, this is what happens, so even when she feels she is being wrongly wronged and slightingly slighted, Kernya still has room to tell Porsha that "Halle Berry in B*A*P*S" is how she sees her — as a ghetto con lady in a movie that is appallingly bad.
But the worst problem of all at the Testicals for Vesticals party was the bow ties that all the men, particularly Peter and Apollo, were wearing. Guys, a little fashion tip: bigger is not always better, especially when it comes to bow ties. If the bow is wider than your head, it's a no no. It just means that your head is going to look comically small and you'll come off as some sort of Joker-esque idiot who doesn't know how to dress. No one wants that. Well, maybe you do, but if you do, well, maybe you should be the ones who have to dress as Halle Berry from B*A*P*S.
Walter shows up at another party, and this time it isn't really OK. Well, first Kernya had to go dress shopping with Cynthia and talk all about the first party. Cynthia tells Kernya that Walter was all talking with the guys about how they didn't have sex (in fairness to Walter, they did ask him before he brought it up). Kernya gets upset and then alleges that Walter is gay on the DL and that is why he didn't want to sleep with her. Then she says, "I don't care about Walter at all." Well, for someone who doesn't care about Walter she sure does expend a lot of energy trying to avoid him and talk shit about him. Maybe she should look into what not caring means.
Now it's time for Kandi's housewarming. No, I'm sorry, her houses warming. Yes, Kandi has two freaking houses in one. Her daughter Riley has a room that is so tricked out that it should be on Silver Spoons or one of those awful themed kids rooms from Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.
Anyway, Walter shows up and no one is quite sure who invited him. Kandi knows she didn't, because she doesn't want to piss off Kernya, so she assumes Todd did. I have a feeling that Walter heard about the party and showed up knowing that he wouldn't be turned away, thinking he could make a scene. So he brings his date Clemicia, who looks like a busted drag queen version of Sheree Whitfield, and he shows up looking like an old Louis Vuitton bag (thanks for that joke Rachel Dodes Wortman) to embarrass Kernya. Now, Walter brings this date and then totally ignores her. He goes around talking to all the guys and the Housewives about her and telling them how hot and young she is but doesn't spend any time actually talking to her.
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Eventually Kernya shows up and everyone is waiting for the fight to happen, just cynically sitting around Kandi's kitchen waiting for the squeal, smoke, burning smell, and explosion that is going to come out of her head when she sees Walter but, at the last minute, Cynthia pours water on this fire and leads everyone downstairs away from Walter. When they're in the basement next to the pool and the waterfall (yes, that is a real place in Kandi's house and yes, you could smell the dank chlorine smell through the television) Kandi gives Kernya the heads up that Walter is there. Kernya freaks out, asks where the back door is (according to her, she should ask Walter because he's all about the back door) scuttles off into the night like everyone is trying to intentionally harm her.
But they don't really care, none of them. They eat their sliders and drink their drinks and have a little blueberry tart downstairs by the pool and wonder who is going to be the first to totter off her stilettos in the the curacao blue water. Finally Walter hears that Kernya has left and he takes Clemicia out onto the street and climbs into his car. He opens up the glove box and pulls out an envelope that is bulging slightly in the middle. "This is for your troubles. Thanks for coming," he says with his signature wonky grin.
She puts her manicured finger nail into the paper and pulls it open slightly, eyeing to make sure the agreed upon amount is in there. "Looks good," she says. "You sure you don't want to..." and she reaches over and rubs her hand on the inside of his thigh. He doesn't back away but he just says, "Naw. I think I'm all good." He starts the car and drives her around the way where she has parked her car, on the cul de sac where they met before the party. She doesn't say anything on the ride, just wondering how everyone gets their grass so green. Finally they get to the car and she opens the door and lowers herself onto the pavement. Before closing the door she leans in, the car seat just below her tits, propping them up in her tight dress. "I hope it was worth it. I hope she was worth it," Clemicia says. "Whoever she is."
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David Mitchell's novel Cloud Atlas consists of six stories set in various periods between 1850 and a time far into Earth's post-apocalyptic future. Each segment lives on its own the previous first person account picked up and read by a character in its successor creating connective tissue between each moment in time. The various stories remain intact for Tom Tykwer's (Run Lola Run) Lana Wachowski's and Andy Wachowski's (The Matrix) film adaptation which debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival. The massive change comes from the interweaving of the book's parts into one three-hour saga — a move that elevates the material and transforms Cloud Atlas in to a work of epic proportions.
Don't be turned off by the runtime — Cloud Atlas moves at lightning pace as it cuts back and forth between its various threads: an American notary sailing the Pacific; a budding musician tasked with transcribing the hummings of an accomplished 1930's composer; a '70s-era investigatory journalist who uncovers a nefarious plot tied to the local nuclear power plant; a book publisher in 2012 who goes on the run from gangsters only to be incarcerated in a nursing home; Sonmi~451 a clone in Neo Seoul who takes on the oppressive government that enslaves her; and a primitive human from the future who teams with one of the few remaining technologically-advanced Earthlings in order to survive. Dense but so was the unfamiliar world of The Matrix. Cloud Atlas has more moving parts than the Wachowskis' seminal sci-fi flick but with additional ambition to boot. Every second is a sight to behold.
The members of the directing trio are known for their visual prowess but Cloud Atlas is a movie about juxtaposition. The art of editing is normally a seamless one — unless someone is really into the craft the cutting of a film is rarely a post-viewing talking point — but Cloud Atlas turns the editor into one of the cast members an obvious player who ties the film together with brilliant cross-cutting and overlapping dialogue. Timothy Cavendish the elderly publisher could be musing on his need to escape and the film will wander to the events of Sonmi~451 or the tortured music apprentice Robert Frobisher also feeling the impulse to run. The details of each world seep into one another but the real joy comes from watching each carefully selected scene fall into place. You never feel lost in Cloud Atlas even when Tykwer and the Wachowskis have infused three action sequences — a gritty car chase in the '70s a kinetic chase through Neo Seoul and a foot race through the forests of future millennia — into one extended set piece. This is a unified film with distinct parts echoing the themes of human interconnectivity.
The biggest treat is watching Cloud Atlas' ensemble tackle the diverse array of characters sprinkled into the stories. No film in recent memory has afforded a cast this type of opportunity yet another form of juxtaposition that wows. Within a few seconds Tom Hanks will go from near-neanderthal to British gangster to wily 19th century doctor. Halle Berry Hugh Grant Jim Sturgess Jim Broadbent Ben Whishaw Hugo Weaving and Susan Sarandon play the same game taking on roles of different sexes races and the like. (Weaving as an evil nurse returning to his Priscilla Queen of the Desert cross-dressing roots is mind-blowing.) The cast's dedication to inhabiting their roles on every level helps us quickly understand the worlds. We know it's Halle Berry behind the fair skinned wife of the lunatic composer but she's never playing Halle Berry. Even when the actors are playing variations on themselves they're glowing with the film's overall epic feel. Jim Broadbent's wickedly funny modern segment a Tykwer creation that packs a particularly German sense of humor is on a smaller scale than the rest of the film but the actor never dials it down. Every story character and scene in Cloud Atlas commits to a style. That diversity keeps the swirling maelstrom of a movie in check.
Cloud Atlas poses big questions without losing track of its human element the characters at the heart of each story. A slower moment or two may have helped the Wachowskis' and Tykwer's film to hit a powerful emotional chord but the finished product still proves mainstream movies can ask questions while laying over explosive action scenes. This year there won't be a bigger movie in terms of scope in terms of ideas and in terms of heart than Cloud Atlas.
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Here we have it; the list of original songs eligible for the 2010 Oscars, and it seems to serve as greater confirmation that this has been a weak year for movies. Luckily, thanks to Academy rules, they only need a minimum of two song nominations; which means we won’t see “Welcome to Burlesque” get any smug recognition just because they needed to fill a slot. (Although I wouldn’t put it past them to vote it in for real – remember when “Hard Out There For a Pimp” won?) Of course if the Academy doesn’t find enough merit in any of the songs, the category won’t see the light of the Kodak Theater, but that doesn’t seem to be too likely since the list includes two Disney animated features’ themes (and one of those consists of Randy Newman playing our collective nostalgia like a fiddle for Toy Story 3). The full list of Oscar nominations will be announced on Jan. 25 next year.
Here’s the full list of eligible songs:
• "Alice" from Alice in Wonderland
• "Forever One Love" from Black Tulip
• "Freedom Song" from Black Tulip
• "Bound to You" from Burlesque
• "Welcome to Burlesque" from Burlesque
• "You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me" from Burlesque
• "There’s a Place for Us" from The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
• "Coming Home" from Country Strong
• "Me and Tennessee" from Country Strong
• "Despicable Me" from Despicable Me
• "Prettiest Girls" from Despicable Me
• "Dear Laughing Doubters" from Dinner for Schmucks
• "Better Days" from Eat Pray Love
• "If You Run" from Going the Distance
• "Darkness before the Dawn" from Holy Rollers
• "Sticks &amp; Stones" from How to Train Your Dragon
• "Le Gris" from Idiots and Angels
• "Chanson Illusionist" from The Illusionist
• "Never Say Never" from The Karate Kid
• "To the Sky" from Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole
• "What If" from Letters to Juliet
• "Life during Wartime" from Life during Wartime
• "Made in Dagenham" from Made in Dagenham
• "Little One" from Mother and Child
• "Be the One" from The Next Three Days
• "If I Rise" from 127 Hours
• "When You See Forever" from The Perfect Game
• "I Remain" from Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
• "Dream Big" from Pure Country 2: The Gift
• "How I Love You" from Ramona and Beezus
• "Darling I Do" from Shrek Forever After
• "Noka Oi" from Six Days in Paradise
• "This Is a Low" from Tamara Drewe
• "I See the Light" from Tangled
• "Rise" from 3 Billion and Counting
• "We Belong Together" from Toy Story 3
• "Eclipse: All Yours" from The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
• "Nothing" from Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too
• "A Better Life" from Unbeaten
• "Shine" from Waiting for ‘Superman’
• "The Reasons Why" from Wretches &amp; Jabberers
Source: Deadline